Why Best Buy Is Testing Smaller Stores

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Best Buy is trialing half-size stores to stabilize sales and drive growth; incoming CEO outlines plans for the new format.

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CNBC’s sit-down with incoming CEO Jason Bonfig highlights a concrete, low-glamour pivot: Best Buy is trialing smaller stores about half the size of its traditional locations. It matters because this is not a marketing slogan, it is a real estate and inventory experiment aimed at lowering operating cost per sale and bringing the store closer to where shoppers live. For investors, the move tests whether a physical retail chain can trade square footage for better margins while revenue and profits have been sliding.